Grand Apizza reopening in North Haven

CHESHIRE -- After doing business for almost five years next to the Green, Grand Apizza Owner Rick Nuzzo has relocated his restaurant.

Nuzzo hopes to reopen his business at 630 Washington St. in North Haven by the end of this week with a new name, Apizza Grande. Grand Apizza's last day in Cheshire was Jan. 27.

"The people in town, my customers, have been wonderful," Nuzzo said. "I would have liked to have stayed in Cheshire. But I just wasn't able to reach a new lease agreement with my landlord."

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Nuzzo said he looked into possibly relocating Grand Apizza to another Cheshire location. One that he looked at was the now- vacant space at 96 Elm St., across from Town Hall, which used to sell fried dough.

But when negotiations to use that space didn't work out, Nuzzo decided to relocate to North Haven, where he lives. He had previously owned Grand Apizza North, at 448 Washington Ave., for a dozen years.

His parents, Fred and Rosemarie Nuzzo, ran the original Grand Appiza on Grand Avenue for 50 years in New Haven's Fair Haven section.

His younger brother, Michael, runs Grand Pizza and Clinton, where his sister, Marianne, works. And Rick's older brother, David Nuzzo, carries on the pie-making family tradition at Apizza Heaven in Sedona, Ariz.